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(No Model.) A LYON.

l MOLD'ING.

No. 280,752. Patented July 3, 1883.

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ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ALBERT LYoN, or NEW YoEK, N. Y.

MOLDING.-

SPECIFICATION 'forming part of rLetters Patent No. 280,752, dated July 3, 1883.

' Application filed May 24,1883. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, ALBERT LYON, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Moldings, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention has reference to an improved molding for coflins, mirror and picture frames, and' other purposes; and the invention consists of a wooden strip, flat at the back and convex at the front part, spun over with silk or other suitable fiber and backed with a layer of muslin or paper.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l rep resents a front view of my improved molding. Fig. 2 is a side view; and Fig.` 3, a vertical transverse section on line a: x, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A in the drawings represents a strip of wood for other suitable material, which is flat at the Aback and convex at its front part.

The front of the molding may be carved or molded in any suitable conguration or design. The strip A is made of any suitable size and length, and covered with silk' or other fiber that is spun transversely around the same, the covering layer of silk adapting itself 4-to the conguration of the convex front of the strip, and imparting a rich plastic appearance thereto.

The back of the strip A is coveredby a layer, C, of paper, muslin, or other suitable material, which serves for the purpose of admitting the cutting off of pieces of any required length without causing the unraveling of the spun fabric. As the carving of the convex face of the strip may be of any pattern and the spun covering of any suitable color, a great variety of effective designs may be produced, so that a very ornamentalmolding is obtained.

I am aware that carved moldings covered with a silk or other ribbon which is bound off by a cord or string are well known, and I do not claim the same.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A molding composed of a strip of wood or other suitable material, flat at the back and convex at its front, a covering of suitable thread spun around said strip, and a backing of muslin, paper, or other materiahsubstantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT LYON.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, SIDNEY MANN. 

